When he married Fang, Du Xueyi thought about living a good life with her.
The fifteen-year-old bride leaned shyly in his arms, her slender waist as if it could be broken if he exerted force.
Feeling sorry for her young age, he drank Bizi soup every time before having sex, thinking that he would wait two years until she was older before having children.
He didn't expect that he would go on an expedition two months after getting married, and he didn't expect that Fang would become pregnant.
He never suspected that she had done anything wrong. He just said that the doctor who prescribed the medicine was not good at medicine and the medicine failed to prevent pregnancy.
While I felt sorry for Mrs. Fang to be a mother at such a young age, I also looked forward to the war ending soon so that I could return home to see my wife and children.
But what he expected was Fang's betrayal.
So will the child he can still conceive after drinking Bizi Decoction be his?
Fang's maid gave him the answer. Fang had an affair with the man before he went on the expedition.
He used great restraint to convince himself that the child was innocent.
But how much he had been looking forward to seeing his daughter before, and how much he was against the child after learning the truth, the best he could do was to let her grow up in the house.
If you want to see him, you will naturally not go see him.
It's just that he never thought that the child would be abused.
The thin arms were covered with dense pinholes, the whip marks on the back were crisscrossed, and the watery eyes were full of fear and anxiety.
Her little body shivered at his touch.
"Come here, get this slave dog out of here, and let me know who gave her the dog that dared to abuse her master." Du Xueyi had no experience in dealing with children, so he had to turn around and kick the mother-in-law.
There was a cold murderous intent on his face.
The nanny who had taken care of the child before died, and this nanny had just been replaced, but there were new pinholes on the child's arm.
He hated Fang, but he couldn't tolerate these bullies bullying a child under his nose.
"Mr. Marquis, please spare your life." The mother-in-law was so frightened that she broke into a cold sweat. How could she have thought that Mr. Marquis, who had never seen the young lady after returning home for half a year, would suddenly come here.
The guards followed the order and pulled the person out.
Soon, the mother-in-law's shrill scream came from outside the door, and the child who was already huddled in a ball became even more frightened.
"Don't be afraid." Wei Qingyan, who came with Du Xueyi, squatted in front of the child and stroked her face.
"It's all over. No one will dare to bully you in the future. Your father will protect you, and your aunt... will also protect you."
Her voice was extremely gentle, which slightly reduced the defensiveness on the child's face.
Leaning over to pick up the child, Wei Qingyan leaned her little head on his shoulder, caressing the back of her neck. The child, who had never dared to cry, let out a whimper like a small animal.
Since her mother's death, she had never been hugged so tenderly.
Du Xueyi's face looked ugly.
The whip marks on the child's back made him believe that the scene Wei Qingyan showed him just now was real, even though it was unbelievable.
Then, Fang’s scene… is also true!
She didn't hang herself, she was strangled to death by the combined efforts of her maid and the old nun in her grandmother's yard.
Grandma lied to him!
But, in a family like theirs, if Fang did something like that, what chance would there be to survive?
Grandma has always valued the reputation of the Hou family more than her life.
He closed his eyes, looked at the child nestled in Chang Qingnian's arms, and whispered, "If it is as you said, everything in the house is related to her resentment.
Then she eloped with someone first, and it was her grandmother who ordered people to deal with her. It was her own fault, so she had nothing to complain about.
I had neglected this child before, and that will never happen again, but my greatest kindness is limited to letting her grow up in the house. "
He didn't care whether Chang Qing Nian's visit was really because of Fang's ghost, or whether he was using ghosts to avenge Fang's grievances.
He hoped the matter would end there.
After Wei Qingyan heard this, he turned to look at Du Xueyi. His gentle expression suddenly disappeared, and his brows were filled with ice. He moved out of the way and was behind Du Xueyi, kicking him on the knee.
Du Xueyi was unprepared and knelt down with a plop. Just as he was about to get angry, he heard the woman say,
"You said that if she were a daughter, you would hold her in the palm of your hand and give her the best in the world so that she would only laugh because of joy and never shed a tear because of grievances.
You said that you couldn't watch her being born while you were away fighting, but when you returned home, you had to grow up with her every day. Is this what you did? "
The most talked about thing in Fang's letter to Du Xueyi was her children.
Du Xueyi often showed off in front of her, and even asked for a pair of golden bowls and chopsticks from her, forcing her to be the 'adopted father' of his child.
After killing Wu Yuchu, she originally planned to come to see Du Xueyi today, but when she returned to the inn, the room was full of resentment, and it turned out to be Fang.
When she woke up three years ago, her eyes could see things that ordinary people could not see, and she also had a new responsibility: to redress the injustice of the dead and extradite them to reincarnation.
But she didn't expect that the child that Du Xueyi said was like a glutinous rice dumpling would be killed like this, nor did she expect that Du Xueyi could be so confused.
But she is not my child.
Du Xueyi roared in his heart, but he never said the words.
Immediately, he realized something and raised his head suddenly, his brain buzzing.
He only said these words to the general.
"Who are you?"
Why do you know Magnolia Mountain?
Why do you know what he said to the general?
Why was her scolding tone so similar to that of the general?
When Wei Qingyan saw that what he cared about was her identity, rather than the grievances of the child and Fang, Wei Qingyan suddenly became angry and kicked the person to the ground again.
"When did I teach you to be so stupid? You believe in one word and jump to conclusions without seeking proof.
As long as you put aside your prejudices and think calmly, you will find that this matter is full of doubts. If you take a serious look at your child, you will know that her appearance is somewhat similar to yours when you were a child.
Du Xueyi, have you fed your brain to the dogs during these years of stable life? "
There was disappointment in Wei Qingyan's eyes, "I will take the child to Fengxiao Yuan for placement first. You have half a day to find out the truth and then come see me."
Child with his portrait?
He stopped looking carefully and wanted to look again, but he saw the child's face nestled in the woman's arms and she was carrying him out of the house.
Why can a first-time visitor speak of Fengxiao Yuan so naturally? That courtyard was where the general stayed when he was young, hiding from the strict Mrs. Wei.
She said the matter was full of doubts and he jumped to conclusions without seeking verification.
The expectation was replaced by the anger of Fang's betrayal, and he didn't want to mention it again. How could he investigate?
Now that I think about it, are the words of a murderer and his maidservant credible?
Du Xueyi's heart was filled with huge waves one after another.
Horror, joy, anger, fear, all kinds of emotions came rushing in, leaving him at a loss as to what expression to make.
It was really time for him to check it out.
He got up from the ground and saw the guard coming to report, "Master Marquis, that woman has been recruited, saying she was ordered by my cousin."
Wei Qingyan paused slightly as he walked into the courtyard.
When did Anyuan Houfu have a cousin?
The small body in his arms trembled uncontrollably when he heard the guard's words. Wei Qingyan hugged her tightly and looked into the sky.
In a place invisible to ordinary people, a mass of black energy intertwined and entangled, growing larger and larger, as if it was about to swallow up the entire Marquis Mansion. Finally, a touch of blood appeared in the black energy.
Wei Qingyan's heart sank, and she strode towards Fengxiao Courtyard with her child in her arms.
